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#Ukraine suffered 10 times fewer casualties than russia in Vivaldi counteroffensive, veteran says. Ukraine’s innovations in drone and ground robot tactics are changing frontline warfare

🖊️ Benjamin Murdoch

Ukrainian forces combined assaults with drones and ground robots to reclaim territory in Donetsk Oblast while limiting their exposure to russian fire.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/09/ukraine-suffered-10-times-fewer-casualties-than-russia-in-vivaldi-counteroffensive/

From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. (Gift Article)
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/10/04/trump-5000-checks-cash-payments-midterms.html

#MikeDitka, the quintessential #Chicago Bear, dies at 86

Nicknamed “Iron Mike” as a player, Ditka helped revolutionize the tight-end position, then moved to the sidelines & took over as Chicago’s coach. His 1985 team featured one of the game’s most dominant defenses ever. It also had enough outsized personalities to record a rap video, “The Super Bowl Shuffle,” & back up their boasting in the championship game three months later.

#ChicagoBears
https://apnews.com/article/mike-ditka-dies-bears-74ce49079f324ca0a9fa8e61857783fb?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_message

If video games desensitize children to violence and murder, just think what watching public executions will do.

The Trump administration has transformed the agency into an instrument of financial sector chicanery. https://trib.al/YIS6VzA

NHC: ...CENTER OF ISAIAS EXPECTED TO REACH THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST THIS EVENING... ...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND DEVASTATING WINDS LIKELY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ALABAMA COASTS...

#HurricaneIsaias #hurricane #TropicalWx #LAwx #ALwx #FLwx #MSwx

So Mr. Peter "pussy" Hegseth is going to livestream the death by firing squad of this Hassan guy. What's not reported is Hassan will be in a wheel chair. ffs, the Dark Ages are back -- plague, public executions and gold bling, what millenium is it anyway??

#EAS #WEA for Inland Bay: National Weather Service: A HURRICANE WARNING is in effect for this area for dangerous and damaging winds. This warning is issued up to 36 hours before hazardous conditions begin. Urgently complete efforts to protect life and property. Have food, water, cash, fuel, and medications for 3+ days. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS. Source: NWS Tallahassee FL

** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***

here's today's post: "What kind of shithole country livestreams executions? Our kind." — Cruelty, as always, is the point.
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Arlington County Sues to Block Trump’s Triumphal Arch (Gift Article)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/arlington-county-lawsuit-trump-arch.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.0m_q.fLTVJ1DkosC4&smid=bs-share

"The catch-22 facing nonwhite immigrants: If you are poor, you are a moocher, and if you are gainfully employed, you are taking a job from a hardworking American. The only way to be a good immigrant is to be white and Christian": https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/republicans-immigrants-reagan-trump/688925/?gift=7deeCsgE8m50UsuOnXueifxR0qlywroV9K-n21i-nfI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

#NaviPillay, the South African jurist who won the #NobelPeacePrize Friday for her work in international criminal justice, served as a judge on the #ICC's ​Appeals Chamber from 2003-2008. In its citation, the prize cmte said it had sought to "issue a reminder" at a time when "judges & institutions of #InternationalLaw are under political attack".

#law #Trump #felon47 #MafiaState

Florida Wants to Be First State to Repeal All Vaccine Mandates - Republicans will be responsible for the infectious disease outbreak that are coming to Florida. https://dianeravitch.net/2026/10/09/florida-wants-to-be-first-state-to-repeal-all-vaccine-mandates/ via @dianeravitch #Politics

Master Debaters
Happy Friday. There are 25 days until the midterm elections. ICE shoots again, Trump goes after his former Natalie and Pete Hegseth is a psycho.

Master Debaters

Should Religious Schools That Accept Public Money Be Allowed to Discriminate? - If public money is accepted then whatever government finances it regulates. https://dianeravitch.net/2026/10/09/should-religious-schools-that-accept-public-money-be-allowed-to-discriminate/ via @dianeravitch #EducationMatters

"But this is what happens when the, quote, strongmen meet reality. Suddenly they are humiliated. They are perceived as weak, as unpopular, and they are becoming unglued. And we are seeing this. So now they whine. They complain. They go running to Fox." https://trib.al/BuzgBtR

Putin is reportedly unable to land in Moscow amid drone activity and aerial balloons. Four aircraft from the Rossiya presidential flight unit are said to be circling near Moscow, while the capital’s airports are closed due to the drone threat. #Russia